Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 319 of the invasion - The Guardian

• Russian attacks were reported successful astatine slightest 7 regions successful Ukraine’s eastbound and south, despite Moscow’s declaration of a 36-hour ceasefire from midday connected Friday to midnight connected Saturday for Orthodox Christmas. At slightest 3 radical were killed.

• Russian troops shelled the Kherson portion 39 times connected Friday, according to politician Yaroslav Yanushevych. Residential buildings and a occurrence presumption gathering came nether occurrence successful the liberated metropolis of Kherson, wherever a archetypal responder was killed. Seven civilians were besides wounded successful the reigon.

• Ukraine’s subject said 2 were killed and 13 injured successful Russia’s shelling of Bakhmut, eastbound Ukraine, during the purported ceasefire. The 2 dormant were a 66-year-old antheral and 61-year-old woman.

• Russian troops were “terrorising” civilians successful the north-eastern portion of Kharkiv, said its governor, Oleh Syniehubov. No casualties person been reported, but residential and commercialized buildings continued to travel nether fire.

• Russian forces shelled Ukrainian positions 14 times and stormed 1 colony 3 times successful the frontline eastbound Luhansk province successful the archetypal 3 hours of the purported ceasefire, governor Serhiy Haidai said, according to Reuters. It heard explosions of what Ukrainian troops astatine the frontline described arsenic incoming Russian rocket fire. Ukrainians fired backmost from tanks.

• The Russian-installed politician of the occupied Crimean metropolis of Sevastopol has said aerial defences changeable down a drone successful an evident attack connected the larboard wherever Russia’s Black Sea fleet is based. Mikhail Razvozhaev alleged that the incidental took spot aboriginal connected Saturday.

• The UK Ministry of Defence said warring betwixt Russian and Ukrainian forces continued astatine a “routine level” into the Orthodox Christmas period. The ministry’s regular quality update stated that warring was focused successful heavy forested terrain to the westbound of the municipality of Kremina successful eastbound Ukraine’s Luhansk province, wherever “combat has devolved to dismounted infantry fighting, often astatine abbreviated range”.

• The US has asked Italy to supply aerial defence systems to Ukraine arsenic soon arsenic possible. The Italian paper La Repubblica reported that the petition was made successful a speech betwixt the US nationalist information adviser, Jake Sullivan, and Francesco Talo, an advisor to the Italian premier minister, Giorgia Meloni.

• The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, has praised the US for including tank-killing armoured vehicles successful its latest multibillion-dollar package of subject aid, saying they are “exactly what is needed”. The latest US subject assistance announced connected Friday by the White House was the biggest to day for Kyiv, and for the archetypal clip included Bradley armoured vehicles.

• Services person taken spot successful Ukraine to people the archetypal Orthodox Christmas since Russia’s penetration of the state past year. Metropolitan Epiphanius led a Christmas work astatine the Holy Dormition Cathedral astatine the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra successful the Ukrainian capital.

• Ukraine has updated the fig of Russian troops it believes it has killed to 110,740. The wide unit of the equipped forces said successful an update connected Saturday that a further 490 troops were killed connected Friday.

Reuters and Agence France-Presse contributed to this report